Cowboy Hats In The Movies

From the beginning of film, it has been hard to compete with the popularity of the Western film genre

. Hollywood loves to produce these films and we love to go and see them. What could be a better draw to the theatre than an attractive Wild West sheriff wearing a cowboy hat defending the honor of the land up on the big screen?

The Wild West represented a perfect freedom and new ideals for our country. The American cowboy is as iconic as apple pie, stars and stripes, and the fireworks on the Fourth of July. Like our country itself, the cowboy is rough around its edges but within hold a heart of gold with a loyalty that runs deep.

In 1903, in a small New York theatre, a film called The Great Train Robbery was played at the end of a vaudeville show. The crowd was crazy about it and cheered for it to be played again and again. Finally the theatre lights were turned off and the audience sent home, but that was only the beginning of America's love affair with Westerns.

One of the most famous cowboys is undeniably, John Wayne. What could be more appealing than seeing him dust the brim of his hat with a slight tilt while perched on his horse? He was a difficult act to follow, but no one has seemed to mind trying.

Many movies set the fashion standard for the masses and a certain wardrobe can bring your mind instantly to a character. Think of Marilyn Monroe in the Seven Year Itch and you immediately think of a white dress blown up from a street grate. The cowboy hat on the big screen does the same thing, you are brought to a classic image of a cowboy with integrity and honor.

Paul Newman, Clint Eastwood and Robert Redford all knew how to wear the hat with ease. These talented men created characters that were only emphasized with a single wardrobe piece. On film, the characters would not have carried half their weight without the cowboy hat to go with it.

A young man going on a hunting trip in 1865 decided to make himself a hat. John B. Stetson made the very first cowboy hat and loved it so much that he wore it trip after trip afterward. Friends noticed and started placing orders, with the hats selling for a mere $5 each!

The main plot of the Western film is simplicity at its best, the goal of maintaining the law and order on the wild frontier. It has a solid foundation of the most basic idea, good vs. evil. You cannot have a Western film without guns and gunfights, horses and train robberies, holdups, shoot-outs, outlaws and of course, the sheriff with the cowboy hat.

by: Dustin Williams.

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